[Michael Winfield]

Thanks your guys for getting back to me!

I’ve tried and checked everything you guys have suggested and still no luck!!!

I’ll keep trying differant things, as its a rush job might be quicker to come up with something else!

Thanks again!

[Michael Winfield]

Thanks for that Harry! you’ve given me a starting point now i know what its called!!

[Michael Winfield]

Thanks for replying Kev!

I’ve sent the video to a local service engineer to see what they think. I did get it to work this afternoon but it keeps happening so i best get it looked at.

[Michael Winfield]

I had the same problem when we 1st installed X5.

Our problem was caused because we had 12 & X3 installed. once we’d uninstalled them and then reinstalled corel it all worked great!

I am having the same trouble with not been able to see the thumbnail of PDF’s which is abit of a pain. only started once acobat reader X was installed.

[Michael Winfield]

I’ve used a company called Modern Signs Digital (http://www.modernsignsdigital.co.uk/) at Barnsley. Don’t know were you are or if they’ll ship items but its worth a phone call.

Mikey

[Michael Winfield]

The last one we got was from solutions 2 (http://www.solutions2.co.uk/) but I’m pretty sure Grafityp would supply them or maybe even Granthams.

Mikey

[Michael Winfield]

I should of agreed a price before i took the frames. I’m sure they won’t have to much of a problem with what ever I invoice them with, but i just don’t want them thinking i’m robbing them.

thanks for the advise guys, i’ll let you know how i get on.

Images attached 😀

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Thanks for the advise guys, I have got hold of a fan and put that in place and am going to try the CustomCUT too and see what happened’s before trying that other paper.

I guess I have to try everything first seen as i have over 100 meters of paper in stock 😛

Thanks again guys, I’ll let you know how I go on!

[Michael Winfield]

Gary that is just what i did, turned it over stuck in back in and away it went.

i contacted the guy we got the machine from about getting a replacement strip and he reckons it will be about £180+VAT for a new strip, is that right? seems a lot for a printed strip of plastic.

Thanks for everyone’s advise, I’d be bold if you guys and gals weren’t here!

[Michael Winfield]

I’ve had one side out to slide it back between the sensor because it fell out while i was cleaning it and there is 1 screw at the other end so i think it would be pretty easy to swap.

I didn’t notice it hadn’t in the middle of the printer and only noticed when it came to a halt. =(

Not having a good day!

[Michael Winfield]

I’ve just cleaned it and it didn’t sit back in its slot right, i sent it printing and its bent it an now its printing even worse =( do we know anyone that would have one in stock?

[Michael Winfield]

I use MDP Hot Flex all the time and and you mirror cut the graphic, then when you’ve taken the waste away the clear backing becomes your mask. (see attached)

If your doing multiple colors you have to press each color on its own and build it up in layers.

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Where will i find this decoder strip?

[Michael Winfield]

should it worry me that i’ve tried to look at the like posted and the firewall has stopped me saying that the web site is under the Category of illegal or unethical? ha 😀

[Michael Winfield]

i know where the printer is, i use the guy that owns it all the time for my printing work. I’ve used the machine myself when he’s been busy, and to me it seems fine.

I work for a builder merchant full time doing all there internal signage and marketing and use the Roland version of the machine, and it seems to run just as well as the Roland.

Main thing i was worrying about was the value he set for the machine, we was talking machines and he said he wanted to go bigger and said if i gave him 5k i could have his old one. I just don’t know if its worth 5k.

[Michael Winfield]

oppps sorry i missed a word there!

it should of said "he’s only selling it because he’s wanting a bigger one and not because its braking down all time."
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[Michael Winfield]

Thats them that said i needed to buy 75 metre’s worth. looking at the price its not that bad really.

I’ll have to see what management say.

[Michael Winfield]

1st place i tried, but they hadn’t got any like that or an idea on where to find some.

I have found it on google but the minimum order is 75 metre’s and i only need 25.

[Michael Winfield]

Thanks Derek!

I know it prints alright and runs fine because i’ve used it myself, he’s only selling it because he’s wanting a bigger one and because its braking down all time.

but your right it is a big layout for it to brake 3 months down the road.

[Michael Winfield]

The white cable wasn’t the problem it was the clear protective strip that was the problem. It has a slight kink in it, i took the kink out and we was all go again.

We had the ‘right pos error’ and ‘pinch roll error’ problem last year and had it all changed, i was surprised we had another so close to having it fixed.

[Michael Winfield]

why don’ t you screw the foamex to the frame and mount your graphic to the foamex?

if you are going to use contact adhesive then don’t use pink grip because it melt’s foamex, i’d use stixall. we used it here to mount some dressed stone to chip board on some display houses we made for the Yorkshire show, they were then transported on the back of a low loader up to harrogate with all stones still in place!

[Michael Winfield]

Yeah i’ve managed to sort it now and we are back printing!

the protection ribbon seems to have a small kink in it that was stopping it moving as normal and was causing the jam, i’ve just straightened out the kink and we are going good!

[Michael Winfield]

Thanks for your help guys! Got the job finished a couple of week ago. Thought I’d let you see the results!

Thanks Again! 😀

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I chose the color’s while designing the logo and i don’t have a reference book.

The CMYK values are as followed
Light Purple: 31.78.0.0
Dark Purple: 44.100.4.20

I don’t know if this will help, normally when picking i vinyl i just look at my metamark color swash.

I don’t have the option of printing and laminating because i don’t have a printer or a laminator. i might have to try and talk the customer into using gloss.

[Michael Winfield]

Sorry should of said to start with, its just for fitting to composite for a sign and maybe some glass.

Pantone’s:
674, 512.

(that’s if i done it right, i was not sure which pallet to select, there is more then i know what to do with in Corel)

[Michael Winfield]

so since my last post I’ve looked into it and i think I’m going to use Graficast colored sign vinyl. will this need to be laminated? I guess it will need to be.

If anyone thinks I’ve made a bad choice please let me know, any advise will be greatly received. 😀

[Michael Winfield]

Thanks Mo you’ve filled me full of confidence 😀

[Michael Winfield]

He does both, he has a sign company and a materials company. From what I can tell he spends most of his time on the materials side of things.

[Michael Winfield]

Yeah I can see why you’d say that. I don’t think there would be that much conflict in interest really because my company is based 25miles away from my supplier.

[Michael Winfield]

This has been an interesting read!

Currently I work for a building suppliers in their sign department and I’m not enjoying it. The company is started been taken over by the next generation who seem to be making one bad decision after another. Back in January I started my own sign company to make some extra money in my own time, like these things do its grown and it taking up pretty much all my spare time.

So my mind has been wondering about going it alone, but I’m not sure if I’ll be able to get enough work to pay the bills (I’m sure this is a worry many of you has had on here). A supplier I use was saying he’s thinking about taking someone on but he didn’t want to take them on full time. So I’ve been thinking about going to him with a proposal of me working for him self employed with a fixed hourly rate when he needs me and working for myself when I’m not working with him.

Is this something you guys would think about if someone came to you with this type of offer?

Mikey

[Michael Winfield]

yep your right! ha http://www.vkf-renzel.co.uk/art/496162/Poster+Holder+%E2%80%9DDeskwindo%E2%80%9D%3A+2+parts also found them on POS Center after posting on here! i’ve only been looking for some for the past 6 months! ha

[Michael Winfield]

Tried them and Green magic and nether are coming up with anything. might phone Asda (where the picture was taken) and ask them where they got them from. for the amount i need I’d happily buy them off Asda! =D

[Michael Winfield]

if I’m understanding right the panels are not joining together with a 3/4mm gap between them? if so it could be the magnetic strip on the back of the panels. I made one earlier this year and metamark supplied me with the wrong type of magnetic strip.

if i remember correctly we was sent T-MV12-A but we needed T-MV12-B which has a grove down the middle.

i could be off the mark but its worth a mention.

[Michael Winfield]

that looks like rust! we use that banner all the time and put it on the side of out delivery wagons and they get rust stains which look just like after a while.

[Michael Winfield]

they could work! Thanks Martain!

[Michael Winfield]

3-0 up easy send the caps packing! ha

Peter you into your UK hockey?…

[Michael Winfield]

that explains things! ha

Looks like a winter classic hat! and I’m sorry Jill but go BOLTS! ha

[Michael Winfield]

thanks guys!

Peter: you a hockey fan?…

[Michael Winfield]

as far as i know the customer is going to paint it on with a brush but i’ll check. thanks for the reply!

[Michael Winfield]

just tried it on IE9 and the same has happened. Next time i see our IT man I’ll have a word.

[Michael Winfield]

no idea, i’ve just install the amazon toolbar and that works.

[Michael Winfield]

yeah installed firefox 4 now, uninsulated and reinstalled the tool bar. and still no luck! ha

Any idea’s rob?… (?)

[Michael Winfield]

Yeah as far as i know it is firefox and it is up to date.

it has been updated this morning after I’d installed the toolbar, to see if that would make it work and it didn’t help.

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yeah i reinstalled it today after i’d asked if it worked on firefox.

when i go to the addons option under tools and change setting’s it will not let me change anything, the options box just stay on my screen.

[Michael Winfield]

it doesn’t let me do anything, when you click on it nothing happens.

[Michael Winfield]

that’s strange, because all i get is this…..

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while your talking about the toolbar, will it work with firefox?…

[Michael Winfield]

Thanks Guys! PMX sorted me out.

[Michael Winfield]

I’ve been printing small squares of color out all day and at about half 5 i found one i liked and was close enough to do the job.

so really there isn’t and answer to my question, its just trail and error.

thanks for your help guys!

[Michael Winfield]

whooo that’s a close one! I’m not stuck! I’ve got 3 color’s there are all really close and i cannot choose.

[Michael Winfield]

any idea’s what i could make the clips out of?

[Michael Winfield]

yeah its for the top dark board its going on. i don’t think the customer wants to use tape, reason he doesn’t want to stick the graphics’s on the black header board’s that are already there is because they’ve done it before and it marked the boards once the graphics’s has been moved and then painted (not sure about the painted but)

[Michael Winfield]

sounds like a good idea, Cheers.

I’ve just remembered that in our mechanics shop we have oil disposal tank, might just stick it in there.

[Michael Winfield]

this price guide sounds good!

where would I get one from? i was thinking about posting asking for advise on pricing, because i just haven’t got a clue about working out prices. I’ve been making signs for years but when its for a private company you just get the cost as low as you can. I don’t want to be doing work to cheap and upset any other sign places in my area.

[Michael Winfield]

City Signs which are part of Leeds City Council did me some last week. They where quite a bit cheaper then Blackburns.

[Michael Winfield]

I’ve had the same problem, with large EPS files.

I normally make a JPG print file (without cut contour), then make a separate EPS file will all the cut contour’s in (without any design work).

Then set them up in the same way in versa works, using the JPG as print only and the EPS as a cut only.

[Michael Winfield]

I over lapped on some etch i did a few weeks ago and didn’t have a problem.

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its all been taken off now anyway it was only so i could take some picture’s for a leaflet and the website.

Chris: i only found out about the numbers on the side of the car after I’d put them on, but I’d passed a hand full of Police cars on my way to Scarborough and not one of them pulled me.

So this is a gray area and the best thing to do is to check with your insurance company?

[Michael Winfield]

Thanks for the replies guy’s and girl’s!

but now i have no more of an idea then i had before.

i wonder if its best to tell people to check with their insurance company.

[Michael Winfield]

i was surprised to!

[Michael Winfield]

Thanks Guy’s, i ended up getting in touch with Leeds City Council who seem to have come up trumps.

RE, Withheld Number: I’ve spoken to our IT department who look after our phone system and there is nothing we can do to change it, it’s just company policy. I can see why because if you was to phone us back on that number you’d struggle to get the person who phoned you in the first place, because we have about 200 people working on this site.

[Michael Winfield]

Martin, Ashby seem a bit far away but thanks anyway.

Peter, I’ve tried phoning traysigns.co.uk but I’m sure they don’t like getting business because when i phone it doesn’t accept calls from withheld numbers. If i could take the withheld off i would but its down to the IT support team! ha

[Michael Winfield]

Thanks for the replies guys.

I ended up using the MDP Aslan Easy Apply Etch. it’s the 1st time I’ve done any etch work and it worked great!

i applied it all dry like the supplier suggested and it looked great and the customer was very pleased.

[Michael Winfield]

Thanks for that Dave.

I’ve been looking at on that MDP Aslan Heavy Etch, has anyone ever used it?

[Michael Winfield]

it might be cheaper to buy a hard drive case and an internal hard driver.

i got my case for about £12 and you can pick up a 1TB hard drive for about £45.

[Michael Winfield]

try this.

I’ve used it before for moving things from smaller hard drives to bigger ones and it works.

loads of video’s on youtube which show you how it works.

[Michael Winfield]

I’ve used the Metamark art canvas and it works a treat with my roland.

[Michael Winfield]

Your job will be complete now i’m sure but just wanted to show how i did it on our show trailer.

Don’t this its a bad job, seen as i’ve never had any training and was just given a roland and got told to learn how to use it 😀

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We have VersaWorks running on 3 machines to 1 printer and it works fine. We’ve never tried printing from one machine and then sending something from the other at the same time.

Mikey

[Michael Winfield]

Thanks guys, I’ll get in touch with Grafityp and get some on order.

I did speak to the manufacturer but the minimum order was $1000!